Author. Pyrography Artist. Lifestyle Blogger.
I Started Burning Mona in October 2022 So, almost exactly two years ago. Over my 25-year career burning art onto wood and leather, I’d burned a LOT of different things. But I hadn’t ever tried my hand at reproducing a classic painting by one of the Great Masters. The Mona Read More …
QUEEN ELIZABETH WAS AN ICONIC RULER Queen Elizabeth was an amazing monarch. Whether you admire her or not, there is no denying her rule was long and successful. I honestly don’t know as much about her as many others might, but I’m confident there are few alive on the planet Read More …
This is a short, time-lapse video clip of me working on burning a Vikings piece based on the Netflix series by the same name. I’m Swedish on my mother’s side so, have always felt a real connection with that Norse ancestry. I really loved this series…watched the entire thing all Read More …
Klaus Mikaelson is my favorite character from the television series’ The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. I knew I wanted to create a series of burnings depicting several of the characters from both shows. It was no contest deciding which character I wanted to burn first! Klaus is the bad Read More …
I belong to several local Chambers of Commerce, including the Forest Grove, Oregon Chamber. They had an annual Chamber dinner, at which they conducted a raffle. I offered to supply a $49 retail value, custom-laser-engraved bamboo cutting board to one of the raffle winners. This board is the piece I Read More …
Snape is my favorite character from the Harry Potter series. I guess I must have a soft place in my heart for the supposed “villain”…at least in some stories. Throughout almost the entire Harry Potter saga we are led to believe that Severus is someone to be feared. That he Read More …
UPDATED: 3/20/2019 – I’ve added the finished piece. Of course, as an artist I’m never really sure when a work is really DONE. You can always add a little more shading here…a little more smoothing there. I’m sure I’ll probably continue to made subtle changes. But he is essentially done Read More …
It was the first week of December 2017 when Ben contacted me wanting a custom burned rifle stock for his girlfriend…in time for Christmas! I had never worked on gun stocks before…but I was excited by the challenge! I told him that as long as he could deliver it to Read More …
This is a really cool idea! I was contacted a few days ago by a local Portland dad who was looking for a pyrographer who could burn the first names and year of his son and daughter-in-law-to-be’s wedding with a little leaf-work around the edges onto a large (36.5″L x Read More …
Some of My More Recent Pyrography Projects for Private Clients – (view more of my pyrography by visiting my Lonestar Pyrography page HERE )
This is a portrait I did on vegetable-tanned leather as a gift for my aunt’s 80th birthday. The image is of my mom and her sister, back when they were young ladies in their late teens/early 20s. For more examples of my hand-burned pyrography work or to order your own Read More …
